🗣”I have found youngsters are coming into college w/out the instincts for the game they once had b/c it seems like in the summer all they’re trying to do is showcase their skill & athletic ability as opposed to PLAYING TO WIN.” -Paul Mainieri HC
@LSUbaseball
- Take a listen!👇
BROOKERS ARE HEADING TO SHELBY!!!! Tremendous job by the whole squad all week. Great outing by Graham Adams today with the CG. Homers continued with another one from RJ and Tyler Bunting hit his first of the regional. Brookers get a few days off before they play the Great Lakes
Huge win against a good Wilmington team. Joey Rap with 4 huge innings in relief of a good start from Joe Gatta. Nicky No with a big 2 Run HR and Chase and Cerv with big doubles. Play tomorrow at and vs a TBD
WHAT A GAME LAST NIGHT! Huge win vs previously undefeated South Carolina 10-4. Graham Adams with a tremendous outing on the mound for the W. Damon Suriani with 4 hits and a huge double play in the 7th to help seal the deal. Play tonight in the Semi final vs League City TX at 7
Calling all former Brookers, we need rally hats on and prayers up 🙏🏻. Joe Barth Jr is having heart surgery tomorrow. Say a prayer and put yourself rally hat on. I am going w “shark attack” but any rally hat will do. 🐍⚾️
Thank you to all our fans back home and to those who came down and even the ones we made out of the local people of NC. All of the support was awesome, and we thank you for it. Thanks again to our host the Eastside Baptist Church you guys are awesome.
Never the way we want to end it but only one team gets the ultimate prize. What a tremendous run this group gave us with our first state title in 4 yrs our 30th in program history. While being handcuffed for different reasons throughout the season. Thank you to the players
Exciting news as Brooker Stadium/Joe Barth Field will be getting an upgrade of a brand new scoreboard. Thank You to Kim Nolan and Columbia Bank for the sponsorship.
onto another state championship as the Brookers knock off league opponent Cherry Hill 11-3. Great outing by Jack Mustaro on the bump with homers from Tyler Schoppe and Noah Danza. Brookers wait for the winner of Bordentown and Allentown on friday night.
On our way home we want to wish both
@vienna_post_180
@RCpost45
luck today in the final. Thank you to the host and
@TheHeartofNC
@SportsToneNet
for all great hospitality alone with our host group. Having been to NC a few times now you know you will always be treated right.
The Regionals and World Series only gives states an opportunity to move as far back as we need to be safely able to play Baseball. If and when we get the all clear we will play Baseball again at Brooker Stadium.
Brookers are on the road to the Mid Atlantic Regional in Morgantown WV. Looking forward to participating in todays events leading into our first game tomorrow vs Paxton PA @ 1pm. Our gamechanger will be on with live stream. There are several other forms of streaming too.
Today is the day STATE CHAMPIONSHIP vs
@313Bsp
4pm
@KeanBaseball
Jim Hynes Field. If you can’t make it please follow our game changer, or the outlets Kean is providing including a video live stream of today’s game.
An absolutely awesome effort from a team that was formed through a lot of work very quickly before the season started. 22-7 state runner up is nothing to be ashamed of. We will be back and will come after state title
#31
in 2022.
#Brookers
#onceabrookeralwaysabrooker
The Brookers are headed back to States. With our District Championship win yesterday vs Wash Twp 4-1. The Brookers will advance to the State Final 8 next weekend. Whitehouse is only other team whose advanced this far remaining teams will be known in next 2 days.
Tough loss tonight to Texas 4-1. We didn’t go down with out a fight, just didn’t get the breaks today and that’s Baseball. But nothing to be ashamed of, as we continued the programs proud tradition, winning our 31st State title, Region Title, and finishing 3rd in the country.
Parents, the rest of the coaching staff and of course our loyal fans. We can’t be successful without each of you in some way. To the guys going away to college best of luck we will be following you. To the guys in HS still we will be seeing each of you soon!
but we have only won 4 in 70+ yrs of existence. We still have a ton of success and a lot of things that we are proud about including players playing in college and further. Have a great rest of your summer and know
#onceabrookeralwaysabrooker
Brookers are headed home! Thanks again to
@legionbaseball
and
@ALWS_Shelby
for running things to high level we all expect and respect it for . Brooklawn is going nowhere and we look forward to 2024 and the journey to try to get back to Shelby again.
EXCITING WIN FOR THE BROOKERS! Tremendous outing from Tanner Nolan with the CG. 2Bs from Nick Spaventa and Sal Serici and the two big blast from RJ Mustaro and Nick Spaventa gave us the W. Back at it in Winners Bracket final tomorrow night vs Quakertown at 7:30
We are honored to be the most successful legion program. Very humbling to know this and all that have produced this over the 60+ yrs of Brooker History. Pop would be proud!
Thank you to our Host group Eastside Baptist Church for hosting for dinner and a chance to play games and have fun this evening on our night off. We appreciate the hospitality to our boys.
@legionbaseball
@ALWS_Shelby
Brooklawn would like to congratulate each of the new inductees to the SJ Baseball Hall of Fame, but want to especially congratulate our alumni Bobby Shannon, Sean McKenna, John Oehler, and Zach Braddock for their inductions. Welcome to the club fellas!
#OnceaBrookerAlwaysaBrooker
Brookers have been in Georgia this week facing some of the top talent in the country and will take part in the semi finals of the tournament. They return to league action Saturday in a DH at Mullica Hill
Great win for the Brookers in game 1 of the regional. Graham Adams with a tremendous outing. Multiple hits throughout the lineup. Back in action tomorrow night vs winner of tonight’s game between delaware and morgantown.
When you get compliments from opposing teams parents who just happen to be Brooker Alums. What it meant to them to be a Brooker and that they see that what our program still continues to do for our players means the world and shows how special our program is to be apart of.
INSTANT CLASSIC! Brookers pull off an extra innings win over a very good Quakertown team. A real Brooker win grinding out multiple 2 out rallies. Sal Marz with the win in relief. Tyler Bunting with a huge day including the game winning base hit. PLAYER OF THE GAME Charlie Neal
Great win today vs league rival Mullica Hill. Great start by Alec and overall hitting from the starting lineup. We play tomorrow at 5:30 with all the advantage of being the last undefeated team in our pool.
Tough loss tonight for the Brookers vs a good
@AllentownLegion
in the state final. We wish them nothing but the best as they advance to the Mid Atlantic Regional in North Carolina. But we thank our fans for their support all season and our players and coaches for there dedication
Great win for the squad vs a rival in Whitehouse. Gavin Alloway goes 5 2/3 of no hit ball. Several key hits throughout the lineup. In control of our own destiny play tomorrow night at 5:30
Take a look at these accomplishments. Want to be apart of it shoot us a message. We will be having at least a HS Fall team. Prices are reasonable for the fall as we will be in PG events every weekend. Next summer you do not pay anything we just ask for dedication to the team.
We are the Champs! 5-1 win in the game vs Mt Airy. Colin Taylor with the CG great job by all this weekend. Play back in Jersey vs West Deptford tomorrow night 7pm
Some Key Dates to mark on your calendars. Districts July 19-21. If we finish in the top 2 of the district the State Final 8 will be at Kean Beginning July 26 with the state finals July 31st The Regionals are August 7-11 in Asheboro NC World Series in Shelby August 16-21.
Great win for the Brookers vs Whitehouse today 8-6. Murph with a huge insurance run bomb in the 7th in support of Derek Boerner who picked up the win in relief.
Always a battle with Whitehouse/Flemington of old. The Brookers come out on top today 11-2. 10 run 2nd inning highlighted by Tyler Buntings grand slam. The Brookers sit in the drivers seat needing one more win to play for the state title.
To those guys who can come back take some time off we will get back to work soon we have un finished business. As I told the kids your a part of something that is special that’s 60+ yrs old.
#onceabrookeralwaysabrooker
have a good rest of the summer
@Post429Baseball
We love the song your singing there guys. Wish others would understand legion ball you have to actually win to go to World Series. Win your state win your region go to World Series in the midst of it all develop team bonding and comradely. Battling through any adversity to win.
Hitting shoes we’re on today for the Brookers, as we defeat a really good Quakertown squad 13-3. Another great outing from Doug King on the mound, and big hits from Nick Spaventa (Homer), and Flash Kryzwicki (2B) to help shorten the game. Brookers play tomorrow vs Paxton at 4z
Anyone interested in playing for the most successful program in American Legion in NJ. Message this account, we are looking to have 2 teams who will play a full legion schedule as well as some other events in the summer.
We were informed today by National that all American Legion Baseball operations are closed. Basically no body on the field while schools are closed. We will be back as soon as we can be and hopefully have a “normal” season.
to our fans who can’t make it down we found out that the host will be setting up game changer streaming when we get the actual information we will forward it likely tomorrow afternoon
With what’s going onto spring sports. As an American Legion program and someone who supports legion baseball overall. Anyone in New Jersey looking for a place to play please message me. I’ll point you in right direction in this area and throughout the state. NJ American Legion
To those guys who are going to school best of luck moving to the next level. Don’t be a stranger, also feel free to come work out with us when and if you need it you know how to get ahold of us. Those returning take a break enjoy sometime off, work starts back up soon.
To all our Brooker past, present, and future. Take care of yourself and your love ones a little more during these tough times. Those who are eligible we are planning and expect to have a 2020 season. While we’re away from our HS and colleges for some follow the social distancing
Anyone interested in playing for the most successful legion program in not only NJ but the entire country. Message this account or email wmg198098
@yahoo
.com Can’t turn 20 during this calendar year. It’s the best price in town.
#onceabrookeralwaysabrooker
I have been holding off from saying this but I really wish our local area newspaper would just see what others do as close as Mercer County. Literally the Trentonian keeps league stats. I know somethings need to change but we can start here for sure.
Great win last night as we took down league for Mullica Hill 7-1. Outstanding performance from Jack with the CG, while we had several big hits including Jason’s bases clearing Triple. We wait for the winner of Cherry Hill and Allentown today. We go for 31 on Wednesday night.
Omaha Trip continue on Friday with 2 wins and improving to 4-1 in the tournament with still plenty to play. We play our final game tomorrow vs Westside at 2:30 Central time.
Honor to be apart of the awesome history from Shelby. As a program that has been around for 60+ yrs we love American Legion Baseball and look forward to continuing our proud tradition of Legion baseball and hope to return to Shelby soon.
Coach Yurkow’s family crediting Beans and the Barth Family for the person he is today. Many people impacted and credit the Barth’s with the men they are today.
tough loss yesterday to Lincoln Nebraska 3-0. It’s Baseball, but we got plenty still to play for. We play the nightcap this evening vs Florence SC. If we win we are in. Root is on tonight on ESPN 3 or ESPN+ Unfortunately our gamechanger isn’t live because of wifi.